Give the English equivalents for the following phrases. Consult the text.

предотвратить экологический кризис; объединить усилия; на неправительственной основе; разрушить озоновый слой; сознательное развитие; промышленные отходы; принимать меры; главные аэрокосмические компании; мировое сообщество; технически возможный.

3. a) Give synonyms for the following words:

to prevent, purpose, help, to preserve, to dedicate, to be meant, possible, to require, interest, to implement, to establish.

b) Give antonyms to the following adjectives and verbs:

local, governmental, controlled, short-term, unnecessary, powerless, manmade, to break, to construct, to erect, to exclude, to give up, to do good.

c) Give corresponding nouns:

to pollute, to control, to develop, to combine, to conclude, to utilize, to waste, to investigate, to create, to set, to solve, to measure; international, governmental, global, uncontrolled, natural, necessary, ecological, friendly, urgent, feasible, technological, capable, industrial, scientific, financial.

4. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the way to preclude the global ecological crisis?

2. Why is it necessary to change from an uncontrolled development of the machine-based civilization to a conscientious development of a society?

3. What does the non-governmental body aim at?

4. Are there any ways of saving the Planet’s ozone layer?

5. What will the early efforts of the Ecological International of the Green Cross and Green Crescent be devoted to?

6. Is the “patching up of the ozone holes” feasible technologically or a fantastic idea only?

7. How many superpowerful units are able to save our Planet from the “ultra-violet death”?

6. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Begin you answer with:

You are right (wrong, mistaken)...,	How could you say that...,
That’s true (not true)...,	I agree with you here...,
I can’t (don’t) agree with you...,	Excuse my interrupting you but...
To my mind..., in my opinion...,	It goes without saying, (There is) nothing to argue about...

1. Though each of us must do everything possible to keep the land, air and water clean, the problem can’t be solved by the only man in the only country.

2. The pollution of the environment is one of the greatest dangers to human beings on earth.

3. The concentration of smoke in the air is so high in some industrial centers that it is deadly dangerous just to breathe there.

4. The ecological harmony is disturbed on earth.

5. Now the planet’s “green lungs” are being destroyed, its ozone layer ruined, the acid rains fall out and the oceans get polluted.

6. Our aim at present is to change from an uncontrolled development of the machine-based civilization to a conscientious development of a society.

7. The world community needs 30-45 superpowerful units at least to generate several thousand tons of ozone a month.

UNIT 6. YOUTH’S WORLD

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